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钱歌川，翻译的技巧，商务印书馆1982.2 鸟宿池边树，僧敲月下门。 Birds dwell in a tree by the pond. A monk knocks at the door under the moon. 皓月当空。The moon shines brightly. 他命在旦夕。Death stared him in the face. 她打了他一记耳光。She strikes him across the face. 别的客人都走光了他还不走。He sits out the other guests. 这件衣服你穿了很合适。The dress becomes you very well. 年轻人宜彬彬有礼。Modesty becomes a young man. 这件衣服我穿了五年。This coat has lasted me five years. 他说话把声音都说哑了。He talked himself hoarse. She saw him young, and proud, and strong, and now he was old, and worn, and horrible, and dead. (Bennett, Old Wives’ Tale) 她看到他的时候，他是年轻、骄傲、而又强壮的，现在他已年老，疲惫不堪，样子可怕，而已经死了。（45） 战争使我们的生意萧条。 Our business has suffered not a little through the war. The effect upon our business of the war has been striking. The war has affected our business to a remarkable. The war has done our business much harm. The war has rendered our business dull. (46) They saw a burning house, standing a little distance from the road, with some stately fir-trees in the foreground. 他们见到离开大路不远的地方，有一幢房子起火了，在那房子前面长得有一排森森的樅树。（48） Caught in a shower on his way to his house in Lloyd Road, a tall English gentleman, a teacher of English in one of the most flourishing private schools in Singapore, began running, with some books under his arm, in order to catch a bus going at full speed about twenty yards ahead of him. 一个身材高大的英国人，是新加坡顶发达的一间私立学校的英语教员，在回返老益路他的住宅的途中，遇到了骤雨，他手臂下挟着几本书，开始向前跑，想去搭乘在他二十码光景前面以全速力在开行的那辆公共汽车。（48） 天生丽质。Nature has molded her form and features with masterly touch. 一磅烟丝只够他吸两个礼拜。A pound of tobacco only lasts him a fortnight. The truth is that I was never much of a credit to the family, and I doubt if they would be so very glad to see me. They were all steady, chapel-going folk, small farmers, well known and respected over the country-side while I was always a bit of a rover.（Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four）实际我对那个家族是没有什么信誉的，他们是不会高兴见到我的。他们都是信仰上帝，稳健的小农，在乡下颇有名气，受人尊敬，而我却来是有点流浪儿的味道。（135） There was only a wooden latch to his door, because he had been too much of a skinflint to pay f